ID-Cards

  Group Description  
The INCITS/ID-Cards Technical Committee develops national and international standards in the area of identification cards and related devices for use in inter-industry applications and international interchange, e.g.:

• Physical characteristics and test methods for identification cards
• Integrated circuit cards with contacts
• Contactless integrated circuit cards
• High and low coercivity mag stripe cards
• Optical memory cards
• Machine readable passports & visas
• Health care identification card (national project only)
• Thin flexible cards and tickets with mag stripes (new International project)
• Drivers License/Identification cards

INCITS/ID-Cards is the U.S. TAG to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17.

Note: INCITS/ID-Cards was formerly known as INCITS/ID-Cards - Cards and Security Devices for Personal Identification until January 2022.